Grassington

 Grassington is a pretty town in Wharfedale, about eight miles north of Skipton, that was more than a little reminiscent of Hogsmeade in the Harry Potter video game.

The B6265 runs through the town, and we start where it meets Main Street. This is looking up Main Street. Why is there a Christmas shop there in June?


Backtracking for a moment, to the left of that, on the B road, this is the most modern commercial building I saw. Most of the shops target tourists.


Now heading up Main Street, this is the view looking back.


And from the same place, looking up the road.


There was a curious rabbit theme at one point, with a shop owned by Robert Bunney.


And next door, the Rustic Rabbit, and beside that the Hutch.


On the other side of the road is the market square. A royal charter in 1280 gave it the right to hold a market and fair; the market ended around 1860.


Featuring a grade II listed pump and trough.


Further up is the Devonshire Arms, the Duke of Devonshire owning much land here.


You may notice it is also called the Drovers Arms, a name it adopted when Channel 5 remade All Creatures Great and Small in 2020, and used Grassington as a stand-in for 1930s Thirsk.

On the other side of the market is Grassington House, built in 1750 as a private residence, later converted to a hotel, and now a restaurant.


Also...

Further up Main Street, and you can see the Foresters arms.


And so on up the road...



At the top is the town hall, originally built in 1855 by the Duke of Devonshire as the Mechanics Institute, and handed over to the town in 1896.


We turned right at this point, along Garrs Lane.




Which brings us back to the market square again.











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